What not to do with your spent grains

[HalfPint]

I made some of those doggy biscuits that you can find the recipe for here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-grain-make-your-best-friend-cookies-87097/, and when we weren't home, one of our dogs (large pit-bull mix) got them off of the counter and ate an entire gallon Ziploc bag full of them. Needless to say, I saw some unusual turds in the lawn when I mowed that week.

 

[o0weno]

Oh yeah! My fiance makes bread with some of the grain. I grab a small tupperware containers worth after brew day and throw it in the fridge. It makes some amazing bread!

 

[Randar]

Spent grain bread is the bees knees. I make bread and kaiser-style rolls (for pulled pork or beef brisket) out of it. However, there is no way I could even make a dent in the spent grain I produce unless I were to open a bakery. It goes into the composter or the yard waste bin (if I don't have room or the right mix in the composter to handle the grains at that time).

 

[HalfPint]

Spent grain bread is the bees knees. I make bread and kaiser-style rolls (for pulled pork or beef brisket) out of it. However, there is no way I could even make a dent in the spent grain I produce unless I were to open a bakery. It goes into the composter or the yard waste bin (if I don't have room or the right mix in the composter to handle the grains at that time).

Any recipes?

 

[WVbrewer]

Well, here's my story. A potential investor in my brewpub/brewer's license venture came by the house for dinner and a brew session. It also turns out he's a "master composter", yes a master composter. Worked for Mt. Vernon (Washington's gardens). Anyway, it's been so effing hot here lately I've not even bothered turning the compost and adding all the appropriate materials to keep the stench down. Well, he wanted a tour of the gardens as the wort boiled and the oh so familiar smell began to flow through my dahlia and night blooming jazmine gardens. He was less than impressed, said I had PH balance issues...blah, blah, blah... I don't know if he'll be investing as of yet. It would be ironic if the composting grains cost me a job, when the fresh grains almost got me a job of a lifetime. We'll see....

 

[Randar]

Any recipes?

Not on me, but I have some at home...

In general, I use about 3-4 cups of damp(drained) spent grains, and will end up adding around 6 cups of bread flour. Use your bread baking sugar of choice... white sugar, brown sugar, honey, experiment away. I have tried a lot of different tweaks from adding a little powdered milk, to vital wheat glutens, etc.

Pretty hard to go wrong. Just remember to grind the crap outta the spend grain in a food processor or blender, else you will be picking grain hulls outta yo teeth for hours. I also like to preheat to 500 degrees and drop the temp down to baking temp as I put them on the bread/pizza stone to aid in a heavy crust formation. When doing smaller loaves or rolls, I skip the high temp preheat.

 

[hungrymonkey]

screw the llamas. Avoid giving them to this goat

Potential ****, if you can speak spanish.





fwiw, my buddy tosses them in his backyard. The neighborhood turkeys take care of the grain. Not sure what I am going to do with them. Figured I would jump that hurdle when I get there.

 

[Randar]

fwiw, my buddy tosses them in his backyard. The neighborhood turkeys take care of the grain. Not sure what I am going to do with them. Figured I would jump that hurdle when I get there.

Step 1) dump grains in your buddy's back yard
Step 2) shoot grain-fed turkeys
Step 3) Enjoy a nice homebrew with a turkey dinner!